Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 09, 1891
Died
May 18, 1961
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Credits
170 titles
Henry O'Neill
Biography
Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Known For
Filmography
The Wings of Eagles
Capt. Spear
Untamed
Squire O'Neill
The Sun Shines Bright
Joe D. Habersham
Scarlet Angel
Morgan Caldwell
Scandal Sheet
Charlie Barnes
The Family Secret
Donald Muir
The People Against O'Hara
Judge Keating
The Flying Missile
Thomas A. Scott
The Milkman
Bradley, Sr.
Convicted
Detective Dorn
The Second Woman
Ben Sheppard
No Man of Her Own
Mr. Harkness
Holiday Affair
Mr. Crowley
The Reckless Moment
Tom Harper
Strange Bargain
Timothy Hearne
You're My Everything
Prof. Adams
Alias Nick Beal
Judge Ben Hobbs
Leather Gloves
Dudley
The Return of October
President Hotchkiss
Little Mister Jim
Chaplain
The Beginning or the End
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Three Wise Fools
Prof. Horace Appleby
The Green Years
Canon Roche
Bad Bascomb
Gov. Winton
The Virginian
Mr. Taylor
The Hoodlum Saint
Lewis J. Malbery
Anchors Aweigh
Admiral Hammond
Dangerous Partners
Duffy
Keep Your Powder Dry
Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
Between Two Women
Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
This Man's Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
Dark Shadows
Dr. Everett Colner
Nothing But Trouble
Mr. Hawkley
Barbary Coast Gent
Colonel Watrous
Two Girls and a Sailor
John Dyckman Brown II
Main Street Today
Vance Clark
Rationing
Senator Edward White
The Heavenly Body
Professor Stowe
A Guy Named Joe
Col. Sykes
Lost Angel
Professor Josh Pringle
Whistling in Brooklyn
Inspector Holcomb
Girl Crazy
Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Best Foot Forward
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Thousands Cheer
Captain (uncredited)
For God and Country
Captain Chaplain
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Warden Kenneson
Air Raid Wardens
Rittenhause
The Human Comedy
Charles Steed
Stand by for Action
Cmdr. Stone M.C
White Cargo
The Reverend Dr. Roberts